METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING DEGREE OF FATIGUE
The present invention relates to a method for measuring a load and an apparatus for measuring a load from acceleration, speed, angular velocity, and an angle, which are measured from a moving object. The method for measuring a load, acco...

WO/2013/019510A1

MEMS FORCE SENSORS FABRICATED USING PAPER SUBSTRATES
MEMS devices fabricated using inexpensive substrate materials such as paper or fabric, are provided. Using paper as a substrate, low cost, simple to prepare, lightweight, disposable piezoresistive sensors, including accelerometers are pr...

WO/2013/014634A1

SWITCHING DEVICE
An acceleration responsive switching device formed as a micro- electromechanical systems (MEMS) device in which components are deposited and etched on and or above a substrate, comprising: a proof mass module comprising: at least one pro...

WO/2013/015671A1

A PIEZORESISTIVE ACCELEROMETER
Disclosed is a force-balanced piezoresistive 3-axis accelerometer. An exemplary accelerometer (100) comprises a proof mass (104) which is coupled to a plurality of meanders (103), which further couple to a plurality of anchor pads (102) ...

PENDULAR ACCELEROMETER
The present invention relates to a device (1) for measuring the acceleration of a moving body, said device (1) including: a pendulum (11) capable of oscillating about an instantaneous center of rotation (0); and a detection system capabl...

WO/2012/173254A1

ACTION DETECTION SENSOR
The present invention relates to an action detection sensor that is worn on a finger and detects an action of the finger, and includes: a base which is located on an upper part of the finger in a wearing state; a pair of arms which exten...

WO/2012/172528A1

3 AXIS POLYMERIC ACCELEROMETER AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION
The present invention consists in a thermal accelerometer capable of detecting acceleration in multiple axes. The accelerometer is made of four microinjected polymeric parts (1, 2, 3, 4), which can be two identical top parts and two iden...

IMPACT INDICATOR
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a device and technique for impact detection is disclosed. The impact indicator includes a tube having a first fiuid and a second fluid disposed therein, wherein a viscosity of the second...

IMPACT INDICATOR
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a device and technique for impact detection is disclosed. The impact indicator includes a first member having a reservoir for holding an indicator fluid; and a second member couplable to...

WO/2012/170253A2

IMPACT INDICATOR
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a device and technique for impact detection is disclosed. The impact indicator includes a first member having a reservoir for holding an indicator fluid; and a second member couplable to...

WO/2012/170252A2

IMPACT INDICATOR
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a device and technique for impact detection is disclosed. The impact indicator includes a tube having a first fiuid and a second fluid disposed therein, wherein a viscosity of the second...

MEMS DEVICES SENSING BOTH ROTATION AND ACCELERATION
A MEMS device comprises a proof mass suspended above a substrate, one or more driving combs, and one or more sensing combs. During operation, a DC actuating potential in series with an AC modulation potential is applied to the proof mass...

WO/2012/161310A1

ACCELERATION SENSOR
Provided is a highly reliable acceleration sensor that is necessary to measure or detect vibration of an electronic apparatus having a mechanical drive source. The piezoelectric acceleration sensor includes: a vibrator that includes a pi...

WO/2012/161690A1

MEMS DEVICES SENSING BOTH ROTATION AND ACCELERATION
A MEMS device comprises a proof mass suspended above a substrate, one or more driving combs, and one or more sensing combs. During operation, a DC actuating potential in series with an AC modulation potential is applied to the proof mass...

WO/2012/160845A1

MEMS SENSOR
[Problem] An objective of this invention is to provide a MEMS sensor that is compact and capable of achieving greater sensitivity than before. [Solution] A movable electrode has a plurality of movable supports (50) disposed at intervals ...

WO/2012/159268A1

AN APPARATUS, METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND USER INTERFACE
A method, apparatus, computer program and user interface where the method comprises detecting a user input comprising an acceleration of an apparatus; and in response to the detecting of the user input comprising an acceleration, display...

BISTABLE FORCE AND/OR ACCELERATION SENSOR
A technique is provided for determining a force/acceleration acting on a proof mass of a bistable device. According to a first aspect of the invention, the location of a boundary of one of the stable configurations of the device is monit...

WO/2012/153439A1

ANGULAR ACCELERATION DETECTING ELEMENT
An angular acceleration detecting element (1) includes a rotating weight (2), a fixed part (4), a support beam (3), and a detection unit (5). The rotating weight (2) rotates around a (Z)-axis with respect to the fixed part (4) by the act...

WO/2012/151528A2

SENSING AND DERIVED INFORMATION CONVEYANCE
Devices, systems, and methods for sensing and derived information conveyance as disclosed. One electrical device includes an electronic circuit and executable instructions provided by at least one of: software stored in memory associated...

WO/2012/151360A2

CALIBRATION APPARATUS, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS
An inertial sensor calibration method and inertial sensor calibration apparatus. One or more diffraction patterns are generated by one or more fixed and/or moveable gratings (inertial sensors) illuminated by an atomically stabilized sour...

WO/2012/151360A3

CALIBRATION APPARATUS, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS
An inertial sensor calibration method and inertial sensor calibration apparatus. One or more diffraction patterns are generated by one or more fixed and/or moveable gratings (inertial sensors) illuminated by an atomically stabilized sour...

SENSOR BRACKET FOR AIRBAG ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT
A sensor bracket for an airbag electronic control unit is disclosed. The airbag electronic control unit comprises a lower housing part, a circuit board supported by the lower housing part and an upper housing part (1) being provided with...

WO/2012/144256A1

MEMS SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
[Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to provide an MEMS sensor having improved uniformity of stress that operates to a bonding interface of a metal bonding section. [Solution] A frame body (14) that partitions an operation r...

DETECTION METHOD AND SENSOR
The invention relates to a method for the optomicromechanical path detection, for signal conversion and modification, and to transducers operating according to said method. For this purpose, a thin planar aperture element (300) is used, ...

SENSOR
A sensor is provided with a circuit board, a wiring connection layer, a sensor element, and an electrically conductive post. The circuit board has a first electrode. The wiring connection layer is provided with a second electrode which i...

WO/2012/124366A1

SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTING SENSOR
In the case of a sensor in which a movable electrode and a fixed electrode are formed of the same layer and the displacement of a movable portion occurs in the thickness direction of a support substrate, it is possible to detect the magn...

WO/2012/124358A1

INERTIAL SENSOR
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a high precision inertial sensor having fewer delays. An inertial sensor (1) of the present invention has: an acceleration detection element (2) for detecting the acceleration of a...

IMPACT INDICATOR
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a device and technique for impact detection and indication is disclosed. The device includes a housing; a mass member located within the housing, the housing configured to enable movemen...

WO/2012/122449A3

IMPACT INDICATOR
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a device and technique for impact detection and indication is disclosed. The device includes a housing; a mass member located within the housing, the housing configured to enable movemen...

WO/2012/117177A1

METHOD OF FABRICATING AN INERTIAL SENSOR
Fabrication of an inertial sensor comprising at least one measurement beam (23) and an active body formed of a proof body (13) and of deformable blades (14), said active body being maintained in suspension inside a hermetic enclosure via...

WO/2012/115515A1

MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING
A measuring device is disclosed for measuring a vectorial physical quantity (x), comprising a first and a second sensor (S1, S2), an actuator (M2), a noise extraction unit (NX) and a low frequency noise estimator (LF). The first and a se...

WO/2012/111357A1

COMPOSITE SENSOR
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a composite sensor, wherein influence of an electrostatic force generated due to a potential difference is suppressed, and deterioration of an S/N ratio and fluctuation of sensor sensiti...

WO/2012/110150A1

FLEXIBLE COMBINATION SENSOR SYSTEM MODULE FOR A VEHICLE
Combination sensor system module (2) for a vehicle, having at least two sensor submodules (4a, b), arranged in a combination sensor system module (2) and able to be connected to the electronics of the vehicle, characterized in that the a...